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Honored Worker of Higher Education of the Republic of Adyghea, Nina Khasanova, Passes Away
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The staff of Adyghe State University, the Department of Physiology, and the Research Institute of Complex Problems announce with deep sorrow the passing of Nina Nikolaevna Khasanova on June 23, 2026, after a long and serious illness, at the age of 82. A Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor, and Honored Worker of Higher Education of the Republic of Adygea, Nina Nikolaevna dedicated her life to science and education.
Nina Nikolaevna’s illustrious career began in 1975 when she defended her PhD thesis at Dnipropetrovsk State University, specializing in the highly challenging field of neurophysiology. That same year marked the start of her long and fruitful tenure at Adyghe State University, where she worked until 2017. She rose from Associate Professor to become one of the leading physiologists in Russian academia.
A renowned expert in the study of regulatory and adaptive mechanisms in the bodies of children, adolescents, and students under academic and physical stress, Nina Nikolaevna made significant contributions to federal, departmental, and regional scientific and technical programs, as well as grants from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) and international foundations. Her research primarily focused on living systems and the theory of ontogenesis. Her scientific authority is substantiated by over 150 publications, active academic mobility, and numerous presentations at scientific conferences, symposia, and congresses across the USSR, Russia, and the CIS.
An important chapter in her career was her work on the dissertation council for candidate and doctoral dissertations. For many years, she served as the academic secretary of Council D212.001.07 (specialty 03.03.01 – Physiology, Biological Sciences), ensuring the high-quality training of scientific and educational personnel in Russia.
Colleagues and students will forever remember Nina Nikolaevna as a remarkably communicative and wise mentor. She had an innate ability to connect with each student, balancing high standards and unwavering honesty with a non-confrontational approach and genuine human decency. In 2001, her teaching talent and her students’ successes were recognized with the “For the Development of Student Research” award from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.
Nina Nikolaevna was the heart of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, always ready to assist and maintaining friendly relationships with both young colleagues and veterans of the faculty. She also served for many years as the Deputy Secretary of the Faculty’s Party Organization, exemplifying integrity and a profound sense of responsibility.
To her loved ones, Nina Nikolaevna was an ideal wife, a devoted daughter-in-law in an Adyghe family, and a wonderful mother and grandmother. Following the death of her husband, Yuri Safarbievich Khasanov—who held various positions of responsibility in Adygea, including director of the Maykop Tanning Extracts Plant—she returned to Dnipropetrovsk to be with her daughter’s family, where she spent her final years.
The passing of Nina Nikolaevna Khasanova is an irreplaceable loss for Russian physiological science and higher education. Her memory as a remarkable scientist, educator, and person with a big heart and open soul will forever remain in the hearts of her students, colleagues, and all who were privileged to know her.
